Environmental ethics
Vital to the rites performed by the Bobohizans are their offering paraphernalia.
The attitude of Malaysian peoples to the natural world has been influenced at various times in their history by a combination of traditional belief systems and secular principles. Environmental ethics refer to a set of principles, values or norms relating to the ways in which an individual or a group interacts with the environment. In contemporary Malaysia, these values are established primarily through laws to protect the environment, made at both the national and international level.
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- Origins and characteristics
- Animist reverence for nature
- Colonial mercantilism
- Post-colonial administration to environmental legislation